Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. After months of barely getting by, Arannis managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Jet (100 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west to a Server, Raer learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Raer took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Being a Server kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and elven compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. His red hair is thinning but still full. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Enialis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aerdeth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aerdeth. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has achieved small success as a Carpenter.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.